Bomb Kills Four U.S. Soldiers in Northern Iraq
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BAGHDAD — Roadside bombs killed four American soldiers in northern Iraq, the military said yesterday, in a spike of violence that pushed to at least nine the number of Americans who have died here this week.
In the latest attack, one soldier was killed by an explosively formed penetrator about 9 a.m. yesterday in the predominantly Shiite eastern half of Baghdad, the military said. The armor piercing bombs are believed to come from Iran and have been used by Shiite extremists to kill hundreds of American forces.
The U.S. military said three other American soldiers and an Iraqi interpreter were killed late Tuesday by a roadside bomb in the northern Ninevah province, where Al Qaeda in Iraq and other Sunni extremist groups remain active.
The four American fatalities brought the monthly death toll for American troops in Iraq to at least 26 — well below figures of last year but an increase over the 19 who died in May, the lowest monthly tally of the war.
